Monday, December 10, 2007

Beginning of the End: Of Books, Coffee, and Final Exams


As you seek to put all the pieces together here at semester's end, some concluding thoughts.


For helpful last minute study tips, see this humorous post on final exams, or a funny bald guy's podcast (puns included). Most relevant for class, check out a master teacher's thoughts on Peter the Great and a keen comparative look at Descartes and Bacon.
If you fall asleep while studying, hopefully you can avoid this, no doubt a hot topic of discussion for phuture phorums.
[Photo credit here.]

Sunday, December 2, 2007

On Staying Enlightened

Topics for Monday's discussion:
1. Chapter 17: pp. 493-98 (18th-century culture, society)
2. Chapter 18 (read about topics below)
a. Enlightened Absolutism in France, Russia, Prussia
b. balance of power
c. 18th century social structures

Chapter resources: Chapter 17, Chapter 18 (select a chapter)